Friday, September 27, 2013

dinner

Everyone has secrets or dreams they can't tell anyone else.
Nevertheless, we work and live everyday like any other day. Ezaki Motomu
is no exception, a chef whose skills prove as top class, but whose
personality is sometimes problematic to those around him. As the
culinary master the most important equation to him is "Ingredient x
Cooking method = Taste". No less, no more. He believes that things like
relationship, love, and tradition are without substance and therefore
completely unnecessary. However, it was not long before Ezaki was one
day appointed to be a chief chef at a famous Italian restaurant.

The renowned restaurant "Roccabianca" run by owner Tatsumi Saori is a
restaurant that is booked with reservations 3 months ahead of time. The
40 available seats are always occupied by regulars, ranging from office
workers to culture ambassadors, all making frequent visits.
"Roccabianca" is a restaurant that was opened by Saori's father and
chief chef Tatsumi Hideo, a culinary charisma who came to be known as
the pioneer in Italian food in Japan. Such a restaurant is not to be
left unmentioned in the media, of course, and Fuji TV's "Iron Chef
Japan" gives Tatsumi an offer to appear on the show. Saori goes to meet
the producer of the show at the studio. After their meeting, her
restaurant employees are well convinced that Tatsumi belongs on the
show. Things take a turn for the worst, however, when Tatsumi suffers a
subarachnoid hemorrhage. The operation is a success but there is no
telling when he will regain consciousness.

Owner Saori
continues to operate the restaurant even without her father, under his
will. However, empty seats begin to appear. Saori feels that the
restaurant is in threat of closing down and decides to take on a new
chief chef. She had heard rumors about a Japanese chef who had earned an
apprenticeship at the world famous restaurant "Tereza" in Italy, where
her father Tatsumi had once worked as well. And that man was no one
other than Ezaki himself. -- Fuji TV Cast